appelsin

Danish

Etymology

Loan word from late 17th century from either Dutch appelsien or German Low German Appelsin f (“Chinese apple; apple from China”), compare German Apfelsine. It is a calque of French pomme de Sine (“apple from China”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑb̥l̩ˈsiːˀn]

Noun

appelsin c (singular definite appelsinen, plural indefinite appelsiner)

1. An orange, a fruit from the tree Citrus sinensis.

   Vil du have en appelsin?

   Would you like an orange?

Inflection

Declension of appelsin

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	appelsin	appelsinen	appelsiner	appelsinerne
genitive	appelsins	appelsinens	appelsiners	appelsinernes

Alternative forms

• abelsin (obsolete)

Derived terms

• appelsinjuice
• appelsinkanon
• få en appelsin i turbanen

Descendants

• → Greenlandic: appelsiina

References

• “appelsin” in Den Danske Ordbog
• "appelsin" entry on sproget.dk

Norwegian Bokmål

Appelsiner.

Etymology

From either Low German appelsine, or from Dutch sinaasappel, appelsien (“Chinese apple; apple from China”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑpl̩ˈsiːn/

Noun

appelsin m (definite singular appelsinen, indefinite plural appelsiner, definite plural appelsinene)

1. orange, the fruit from the tree Citrus sinensis [from late 17^thc.]

   Her, ta deg en appelsin, yndlingsfrukten min.

   Here, take an orange, my favourite fruit.

References

• “appelsin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “appelsin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “appelsin” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Loan word from late 17th century from either Dutch appelsine (“Chinese apple; apple from China”), Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Appelsin f (“Chinese apple; apple from China”) (compare German Low German Appelsina, German Apfelsine), calque of French pomme de Sine (“apple from China”)

Noun

appelsin m (definite singular appelsinen, indefinite plural appelsinar, definite plural appelsinane)

1. orange, the fruit from the tree Citrus sinensis

   Her, ta deg ein appelsin, yndlingsfrukta mi.

   Here, take an orange, my favourite fruit.

Usage notes

• Was considered also grammatically feminine prior to 1959.

References

• “appelsin” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “appelsin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• "appelsin" entry on sproget.dk